March 2013

March 28, 2013
The Gaza Kitchen
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Sound Bites: Ag Certainty, What the Pesticide Information Act Means for Maryland & A Palestinian Easter Recipe

March 28, 2013 - Segment 3 - This week on Sound Bites, we talk about the Ag Certainty Bill and the Pesticide Information Act, both of which are making their way through the General Assembly in Maryland right now, and hear a Palestinian Easter recipe.
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March 28, 2013
Dr. Marisela Gomez's Race, Class, Power, and Organizing in East Baltimore
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Race, Class, Power, And Organizing In East Baltimore: Rebuilding Abandoned Communities In America

March 28, 2013 - Segment 2 - Dr. Marisela Gomez joins us to talk about her book Race, Class, Power, and Organizing in East Baltimore, which examines how economic development could be different if we took into consideration people, their health, and their communities.
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March 27, 2013
Historic Supreme Court Decisions
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Historic Cases In The Supreme Court: Same-Sex Marriage & Affirmative Action

March 27, 2013 - Segment 3 - We turn our attention to cases being heard at the Supreme Court. First, we discuss the hearings on the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8, which both concern same-sex marriage. Then, we discuss two affirmative action cases being heard at the Supreme Court this session.
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March 27, 2013
Labor Update: Baltimore's Hyatt Regency Hotel
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Labor Update: Downtown Baltimore’s Hyatt Regency Hotel

March 23, 2013 - Segment 2 - We get an update about the organizing campaign happening at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Downtown Baltimore from Tracy Lingo, organizer with UNITE HERE Local 7 in Baltimore; and Brian Deller, a bartender at the Hyatt.
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March 27, 2013
Northwestern High School Slated To Be Closed
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Occupy The Department of Education

March 27, 2013 - Segment 1 - We discuss issues concerning education, like school closings in Baltimore and beyond, standardized testing, and how people are trying to change the education system. We will also hear about an upcoming series of actions in Washington, DC called Occupy the Department of Education.
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March 27, 2013
Jeanine Cummins, The Crooked Branch
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Jeanine Cummins On Her New Novel, The Crooked Branch

March 26, 2013 - Segment 3 - Listen to our interview with national bestselling author Jeanine Cummins about her new novel The Crooked Branch, taped earlier this month at The Ivy Bookshop. Cummins' compelling narrative follows the lives of two mothers, one in modern-day New York and the other in Ireland during the Great Famine.
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March 27, 2013
National Rights of Passage Youth and Community Building Conference
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Rites of Passage And Our Youth

March 26, 2013 - Segment 2 - We turn our focus to the National Rites of Passage Institute (NROPI) Youth Conference, which is coming this summer (July 19-21) to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, and discuss how rites of passage can have a positive impact on reducing violence and incarceration, and increasing academic performance among children and youth.
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March 27, 2013
A building explodes in a presidential palace compound in Baghdad during air strikes March 21, 2003. Large explosions shook Baghdad during a night of blistering air strikes, as U.S. and British ground forces advancing across southern Iraq battled for hours for control of a strategic airfield. REUTERS/Faleh Kheiber FK - RTRKKPX
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Stephen Zunes On Iraq: Our Legacy, Consequences, And The Media

March 26, 2013 - Segment 1 - We continue our reflection on the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. We will examine the role the media played in the conflict, with Stephen Zunes, professor of Politics and International Studies and Chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, and author of Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and The Roots of Terrorism.
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March 25, 2013
Eslanda Robeson, wife of Paul Robeson
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Eslanda: The Large Unconventional Life Of Mrs. Paul Robeson

March 25, 2013 - Hour 2 - Scholar, activist, and author Barbara Ransby will talk about her latest book, Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson, a biography on the wife of famed actor and activist Paul Robeson.
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March 25, 2013
Baltimore Police Department COP Toons Facebook page
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How We Police: Should Police Training And Community Relations Be Reformed?

March 25, 2013 - Hour 1 - We take a look at police policy and how it affects community relations with Imam Earl El-Amin, Doug Ward, and Eppie Chapman, a local man whose photo appeared on COP Toons, an unauthorized Facebook fan page where Baltimore City police officers post images of people they arrest.
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March 21, 2013
Arthur Morgan's Gather Baltimore - Food Stand In Baltimore's Oliver Neighborhood
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Sound Bites: Farmer’s Markets, Race, & Food Access In Our Region And Beyond, Plus A Unique Passover Recipe

March 21, 2013 - Segment 3 - It's a new episode of Sound Bites. We look at farmers markets in Maryland and beyond and their connection to race, food access, and food insecurity. We learn about a project that's getting food that would otherwise go to waste into the hands of those that need it - Gather Baltimore - and hear a unique Passover recipe that fuses African-American and Jewish tradition.
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March 21, 2013
Maryland Minimum Wage bill killed in Senate
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Maryland Senate Finance Committee Kills Increase In Minimum Wage

March 21, 2013 - Segment 2 - A bill that would have raised the minimum wage in Maryland to $10.00 by 2015 was defeated in the Maryland Senate Finance Committee yesterday. We'll hear arguments for and against raising the minimum wage from local business owners and policy experts.
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March 21, 2013
Income Inequality in Maryland
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Study Finds Growing Inequality In Maryland

March 21, 2013 - Segment 3 - We discuss a recent report from the Center for Sustainable Economy and the Institute for Policy Studies called Closing the Inequality Divide: A Strategy for Fostering Genuine Progress in Maryland. The report covers growing inequality in the state of Maryland.
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March 20, 2013
Christopher Brown Killed in Baltimore
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In Memory Of Christopher Brown, Bill Would Improve Police Training

March 20, 2013 - Segment 4 - We are joined by Chris Brown, mother of the Randallstown High School teen killed by a Baltimore County police officer, and Delegate Jill P. Carter of Maryland's 41st District in Baltimore City, who proposed a House bill that would improve police training to avoid future police-involved deaths.
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March 20, 2013
Palestine
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Life in Palestine and Israel: Hekmat Biseso & Tamar Sharabi

March 20, 2013 - Segment 2 - We hear perspectives on life in Palestine and Israel from two women: Hekmat Biseso, activist from Gaza living in Ramallah, and Tamar Sharabi, independent artist and activist spending time in Palestine.
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March 20, 2013
President Obama Visits Israel, Middle East
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President Obama Visits Middle East, First Presidential Trip To Israel

March 20, 2013 - Segment 1 - We discuss President Obama's visit to the Middle East with Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, and Jason Isaacson of the American Jewish Committee. Then, we speak to Craig and Cindy Corrie, the parents of Rachel Corrie, who was killed by the Israeli military ten years ago this month.
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March 19, 2013
Iraq Ten Years Later
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10-Year Anniversary Of The Iraq War

March 19, 2013 - Hour 2 - We reflect on the Iraq War on the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of the country with Dr. Shibley Telhami, Dr. Adil Shamoo, Dr. Richard Vatz, and Dr. Thabit Abdullah - some of the guests on our show who have weighed in on the conflict over the past decade and beyond.
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March 19, 2013
Mark Cottman
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African-American Visual Artists in Baltimore

March 19, 2013 - Hour 1 - Blues & gospel singer and Center for Emerging Media Cultural Editor Lea Gilmore joins us for our regular segment on arts and culture. Marc and Lea talk to two Baltimore-based visual artists: Mark Cottman, owner of the Mark Cottman Gallery in Federal Hill, and Jeffrey Kent.
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March 18, 2013
Clarence Gideon - Anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright
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50th Anniversary of the Gideon v. Wainwright Decision

March 18, 2013 - Segment 3 - We mark the 50th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright, the Supreme Court decision that required state courts to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants who are unable to afford attorneys with Doug Colbert, Law Professor at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law and others.
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March 15, 2013
Shirley Sherrod, The Courage to Hope
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Sound Bites: Shirley Sherrod, a St. Patrick’s Day Recipe and More!

March 14, 2013 - Segment 3 - This week we have a conversation about the poor working conditions in America's restaurant industry, talk to Shirley Sherrod, former US Department of Agriculture official, learn about recent studies on sugar and the Mediterranean diet, and get a traditional Irish recipe in honor of St. Patrick's Day.
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March 15, 2013
W.E.B. Du Bois
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David Levering-Lewis on W.E.B. Du Bois

March 14, 2013 - Segment 2- We return to a conversation on W.E.B. Du Bois' legacy with Dr. David Levering-Lewis, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner who authored the two-volume life and times of W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 and The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963.
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March 13, 2013
Pope Francis
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White Smoke Brings Pope Francis From Buenos Aires

March 13, 2013 - Segment 4 - We talk to Sister Mary Aquin O'Neill, Sister of Mercy, theologian, and co-founder of Mount Saint Agnes Theological Center for Women, about the newly elected Pope Francis, Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aries, Argentina.
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March 13, 2013
President Obama and drones
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Perceptions of President Obama: Does Reality Match Campaign Ideals?

March 13, 2013 - Segment 1 - How do the realities of Obama's presidency compare to the ideals that he campaigned on? Are his controversial policies on everything from drones and homeland security to immigration and government spying disappointing to people who support him?
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March 12, 2013
Tom Paxton
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Legendary Folk Singer Tom Paxton

March 12, 2013 - Segment 4 - Listen to our interview with legendary folk singer Tom Paxton, who came through town earlier this month, and Walt Michael, founder and executive director of Common Ground on the Hill, the festival that brought Paxton to Baltimore.
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March 12, 2013
Legalization of marijuana in Maryland
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Local News Roundtable – Legal Marijuana in Maryland?

March 12, 2013 - Segment 1 - We host a panel discussion about current events in local news with independent journalist Hassan Giordano and John Bullock, Professor of Political Science at Towson University. Delegate Curt Anderson joins us for part of the discussion to discuss the legalization of marijuana in Maryland.
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March 11, 2013
Photo by Stefanie Mavronis at Friday's Camp83 Eviction
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The City On Baltimore’s Homelessness Problem Following Camp 83

March 11, 2013 - Segment 1 - We return to our coverage of Camp 83, a homeless encampment under I-83 that was cleared Friday morning, and the City's response to homelessness in Baltimore. We start with our coverage of Friday morning's Camp83 eviction and hear a response from the City.
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March 8, 2013
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Camp 83: Voices Of The Eviction

March 8, 2013 - Web Exclusive - We have been covering the homeless encampment of people living under the Jones Falls Expressway near Madison and Fallsway right by the prison complex for the last several weeks. What was left of Camp 83 the City bulldozed today. The City was met by advocates and the homeless to bear witness and to make sure belongings were not destroyed.
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March 6, 2013
Monsanto in the Supreme Court, Roundup Ready seeds
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Sound Bites: Monsanto In The Supreme Court; Plastic In Our Food; Visions For Transforming The Food System

March 6, 2013 - Hour 2 - It's a new episode of Sound Bites. We'll look at the Bowman vs. Monsanto case, recently heard in the Supreme Court, which addresses the question of who owns the rights to Monsanto's genetically engineered RoundUp Ready seeds, plastics in our food, and visions for transforming the food system.
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March 6, 2013
Black characters in Spielberg's Lincoln
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The Other Side Of Spielberg’s Lincoln

March 6, 2013 - Hour 1 - We look at the other side of Lincoln, Steven Spielberg's acclaimed film that received criticism for its underdeveloped Black characters. We will explore the three Black characters featured in the film, illuminating their lives and their roles in the political struggle for freedom in America.
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March 5, 2013
Baltimore - Housing and Economic Development
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Models For Equitable & Sustainable Urban Development

March 5, 2013 - Segment 4 - A panel of equitable development experts joins us in time for this weekend's symposium exploring models for equitable and sustainable urban development, including Dr. Marisela Gomez, Dr. Rhonda Williams, Roque Barros, and Gus Newport.
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March 5, 2013
Sherrlyn Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
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Sherrilyn Ifill, In Defense Of The Voting Rights Act of 1965

March 5, 2013 - Segment 2 - We get an update on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that is currently being challenged in the Supreme Court from Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
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March 5, 2013
Sequestration in Congress
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The Sequestration’s Philosophical & Economic Divide

March 5, 2013 - Segment 1 - We examine the philosophical and economic divide that's keeping Congress from making a budget deal to stop the cuts that go along with the national sequestration with Richard Vatz, E.R. Shipp, and Bob Somerby.
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March 4, 2013
Camp 83 Under Baltimore's Jones Falls Expressway To Be Evicted
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Baltimore City Councilwoman Clarke’s Resolution To Halt Friday’s “Camp 83” Eviction

March 4, 2013 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke and Jeff Singer, founder and former executive director of Health Care for the Homeless, who will be discussing Clarke's resolution to halt the eviction of Camp 83, an homeless encampment under I-83.
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March 4, 2013
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Second Biennial Henrietta Lacks Symposium: Remembering Her Legacy

March 4, 2013 - Segment 3 - We speak with participants of the Second Biennial Henrietta Lacks Symposium: The Dignity of Difference, which is happening at the University of Maryland Medical Center on Thursday, March 7th.
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March 4, 2013
Snitching - Stabbing Victim Ravens Superbowl Parade
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Stop Snitching Culture in Baltimore: Still No Arrest In Case Of 15-Year-Old Stabbed

March 4, 2013 - Segment 1 - We discuss "snitching," an act in which a person informs the police of illegal activity in the community, in light of the 15-year-old that was killed during the Ravens Superbowl Parade in Baltimore - a case in which no one has been charged despite witnesses.
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March 1, 2013
Marc, Venus, and Mike at Camp 83 under the Jones Falls Expressway
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Camp 83, Homeless Community Under Jones Falls Expressway, To Be Cleared By City

February 28, 2013 - Hour 2 - We travel to a part of Baltimore that thousands of people drive over every day, yet have no idea it exists: an encampment of homeless people living in tents under I-83. On March 8, City officials are planning to shut down the encampment, but residents of "Camp 83" are demanding that the city provide adequate housing if they force them to leave.
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